# Primogeniture: Negotiating the internal 'logic' of social change

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2008-01-18-primogeniture-negotiating-the-internal-logic-of-social-change

The piece argues that public arguments depend on negotiated categories, frames, and power relations rather than context-free logical validity.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 18 January 2008

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 18 January 2008
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: logic, public-discourse, social-change, policy.

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